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Tenure (2008)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by his nutty best friend, Charlie launches a final effort to make the grade at Gray College. But a beautiful new teacher whose ascending star threatens to eclipse him shakes up Charlie's plans.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, independent film, hilarious
Plot:
college, teachers and students, workplace intrigue, workplace, battle of the sexes, disorder, buddies, rivalry, campus, teenager, business, teacher, school teacher, college life, academician, fake dating, friends, love and romance, profanity, sexual content, social relations, dishonesty, unfulfillment, workplace situations, unsupportive coworkers ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, yale university, new england
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Most similar movies to Tenure
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and captivating films with plots about friends, college, love and romance, youth, power relations, disorder and buddies mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Tenure: Cupid's Arrow (2010), Chalk (2006), The English Teacher (2013), Staten Island Summer (2015), Putzel (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An innocent college couple unknowingly become involved in their Professor's illicit research into the manipulation of love and his recreation of the elusive "Cupid's Arrow".
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, independent film
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
love, couples, college, experimenting, looking for love, teachers and students, power relations, disorder, fall in love, mad scientist, inventions and discoveries, science ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Life in the trenches of that most honorable and frustrating profession...teaching. It's the start of a memorable new year at Harrison High. The self-conscious Mr. Stroope is convinced that his time has come - this year he will be furnished with ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, semi documentary, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, teachers and students, hardcase students, power relations, lifestyle, ambition, youth, education, rivalry, teaching, high school teacher ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Teacher Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore) balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject, but her routine is forever altered when a former star pupil and his unsupportive father reenter her life. Go-to television director ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, suspense, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
teacher, older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, teacher student relationship, high school, age difference, illicit affair, forbidden love, teacher student romance, power relations, failed attempt, social relations ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
greece, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
Style:
humorous, romantic, semi serious, sex comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teenager, lifeguard, friendship, coming of age, college, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, summer, party, beach, cousin ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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263
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For Walter, a young man endearingly known as "Putzel," life literally doesn't go beyond his neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Walter's dreams of taking over his family's smoked fish emporium are disrupted by ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
nothing goes right, self discovery, rivalry, family business, store, family relations, workplace, disorder, dishonesty, workplace intrigue, escapades, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Angela and Travis consider having sex for the first time just as their high school starts up an abstinence education program. Making matters worse, a "good girl" collects abstinence pledges from students and blows the whistle on Angela and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage love, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, love and romance, buddies, lifestyle, youth, battle of the sexes, couples, peer pressure, school, sexual relations ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
What go around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross)
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot:
prank, workplace, partner, silly humor, rebellion, buddies, rebelliousness, boss and employee, rivalry, obnoxious boss, workplace situations, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A 14 year old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school where he makes friends with a mature student.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, captivating, freeze frame ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, youth, coming of age, odd couple, friends, college life, prodigy, disorder, fish out of water, silly humor, society, social misfits ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., harvard university
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Jimmy (Matt D'Elia) finds out his best friend and roommate (Fletcher) is leaving, he sees this as a betrayal of their perfect way of life. Over the course of a night full of drinks, drugs and women, the two men engage in a classic battle ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, talky ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, life turned upside down, buddies, terminal illness, male pubic hair, male nudity, naked man, profanity, disorder, nudity, sexual content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Pete is a good guy who used to be cool. Once living his dream in the music industry, he now toils away in the pricing department of a failing supermarket chain to provide for his loving wife and young son. When Pete’s new boss, Susan, takes over ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, independent film ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, boss and employee, couples, workplace romance, career woman, ambition, workplace, office work, business, gambling, extramarital affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It's your standard guy-fails-bar-exam-loses-girlfriend-works-for-a-lunatic-and-is-stalked-by-a-monkey-clown story ...with a twist.
Style:
sexy, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
youth, boss and employee, silly humor, couples, friends, farce, sexual relations, workplace, lifestyle, rivalry, college, erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, road movie, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
college, friendship, homeless, homeless man, happy ending, college student, youth, campus, father son relationship, law school, justice, graduation ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, future
Place:
massachusetts, harvard university, usa, boston, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Teachers is a British television comedy-drama series, created by Tim Loane and originally shown on Channel 4. The series follows a group of secondary school teachers in their daily lives.
While the first series centers heavily around probationary ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sitcom, sexual ...
Plot:
high school, high school life, infidelity, workplace intrigue, teachers and students, workplace situations, lifestyle, thirtysomething life, unsupportive coworkers, power relations, couples, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
With a new principal in town and the Spring Fling in jeopardy, Rhyme and the Chicken Girls must band together to save the dance.
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, youth, escapades, friends, teenager, small town, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, dancing, parents and children, disorder, holiday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A college student is determined to become a Major League Baseball star, but finds his true calling instead.
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
baseball, coming of age, college, self discovery, ambition, follow your dream, love and romance, youth, underdog, athlete's life, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ritchie is the epitome of everything wrong with modern man: a pompous, foul-mouthed idiot, driven only to get the latest girl of the week Something changes after his first real relationship that includes Ritchie's two favorite things: frequent ...
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
womanizer, sexual relations, friendship, couples, prostitute, fall in love, disorder, society, best friend, profanity, transsexual, looking for sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Phil and his misfit friends score big when they are invited to the party of the century at Bob's house. Known for throwing the craziest drug, sex and booze filled parties, this was sure to be a night to remember. The only problem is that they ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disorder, memory loss, buddies, nothing goes right, party, flashback sequence, college, high school, friends, looking for sex, social misfits, race against time ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This unpredictable story follows an agitated fast-food employee, Joe, who's reached his breaking point from being harassed and tormented by his boss...
Style:
humorous, contemplative, semi serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
kidnapping, obnoxious boss, vengeful fired employee, mentally unstable, social misfits, bittersweet, friendship, life turned upside down, rivalry, hopes, introspection, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
18%
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295
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A struggling writer and his engaged buddy hit the road for California wine country. Remake of the 2004 film 'Sideways'.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, road movie, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
wedding, road trip, friendship, on the road, self discovery, friends, unfulfillment, buddies, couples, love, japanese man, humanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Desperate, broke, and out of ideas, four college seniors start a fake charity to embezzle money for tuition.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
college, cons and scams, campaign, charity, buddies, christian, friends, student life, dishonesty, youth, fall in love, fraud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, austin texas
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Katie (Lucy Hale) and Sara (Phoebe Strole) have been friends since childhood. They enter college together, where Katie is a prized legacy candidate for the Delta sorority, which was co-founded decades ago by her mother, Lutie (Courtney Thorne-Smith) ...
Style:
teen, semi serious, realistic, uplifting, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
sorority, teenage girl, college, mother daughter conflict, mother daughter relationship, campus, high school, teenager, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, parents and children, college life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Pre-law student Marti Perkins' world is flipped upside down when she loses her scholarship, and realizes the only way she can stay in school is by reigniting her dormant teen gymnastic skills to win a place on Lancer University's legendary ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
college, cheerleading, student life, cheerleader, campus, friends, social relations, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, teenage life, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, memphis, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The film centers on a successful author who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors. Shasta O'Neil, a sexy high school senior flirts with the visiting ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
high school, homecoming, prom, adolescence vs adulthood, social relations, high school life, hometown, artists and showbiz, teenage life, disorder, friends, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
beauty salon, fighting the system, urban, black, barbershop, friendship, workplace, friends, workplace romance, hip hop, family business, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, illinois, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Filmed in a single continuous shot, the comedy follows an elclectic group of uptight philosophy students as they cut loose at a house party on their last night together.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hardcase students, youth, college life, college, graduate student, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, love and romance, twentysomething life, student life, looking for sex, college graduate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Home for Thanksgiving break after their first semester at college, five friends discover just how much things change (and don't) after high school.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, friends, youth, homecoming, thanksgiving, college, society, woman, coming of age, small town, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pittsburgh
Similarity:
17%
18K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
The plot of the film illustrates the embankment of two friends on a quest for a lost buddy, who was once an optimistic and successful student. On their journey, they recount their college life and special moments that the three shared up until their ...
Style:
humorous, touching, light, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
college, friendship, student, coming of age, fall in love, college life, teachers and students, old friend, free spirited, buddies, professor, education ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their jobs.
Style:
realistic, humorous, educational, captivating, light ...
Plot:
lottery, hopes, gambling, dedicated educator, teachers and students, society, high school, disorder, idealism, life turned upside down, social relations, desperation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Easy-going, gentle college-boy Adam Baker enjoys frat-life, however disgusting the frat-house gets because of his sloppy house-mates Freddie, Ferguson and Munch. Then Adam meets Eve, starts falling in love, but gets jealous of frat-brother Billy, ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, erotic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, college life, fall in love, love and romance, student life, wooing, couples, youth, erotica, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, virgin, looking for sex ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, altar boy, friendship between boys, youth, group of friends, teenage boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, male friendship, boy, sexual content ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
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